Fining a company is wounding to their reputation, but a Mexican court looks to be really eager to twist the knife in Yahoo. A court in the country has ordered the company to cough up an eye-watering $2.7 billion over a lawsuit involving a breach of contract and lost profits from a yellow pages listing service.

Yahoo is understandably horrified, and "believes the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and will vigorously pursue all appeals." $2.7 billion dollars is an astronomical amount to try to wring out of a company. It's more than Apple eventually got from Samsung. According to Wikipedia, Yahoo's revenue for 2011 was $4.98 billion, so the fine represents more than half that amount.

Business Insider turned up some useful information; Carlos Bazan-Canabal claims that Paginas Utiles turned Yahoo Mexico's financial status around on his LinkedIn profile. Bazan-Canabal was a Yahoo executive at one point, leaving to work for Worldwide Directories - the same company that seems to now be fighting Yahoo. One thing's for sure - "Yahoo" is not going to be shouted at the next stockholder meeting in any positive manner.